Sixth Example
S i x t h E x a m p l e: The scholars of Hadith, and foremost Imam Bayhaqi, relate: “‘Ali was very ill. In his distress, he was moaning and praying for himself. The Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) came and said: ‘O God! Grant him healing,’ and touched ‘Ali with his foot. He told him to stand, and ‘Ali was at once cured. He stated: ‘I never again suffered from that illness.’” [^200]
[^200]: Tirmidhī, Da‘wāt, 121; Musnad, i, 83, 107, 128; Qāḍī Iyāḍ, al-Shifā’, i, 323; ‘Alī al-Qārī, Sharḥ al-Shifā’, i, 656; Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṣaḥīḥ, ix, 47; al-Mubārakfūrī, Tuḥfat al-Aḥwazī, 3635.
Seventh Example
S e v e n t h E x a m p l e: This is the well-known story of Shurahbil al-Ju‘fi. He had a morbid growth on the palm of his hand so that he could hold neither his sword nor the reins of his horse. God’s Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) rubbed the growth with his blessed hand and massaged it; not a trace of it remained. [^201]
[^201]: al-Haythamī, Majma‘ al-Zawā’id, viii, 298; Qāḍī Iyāḍ, al-Shifā’, i, 324; ‘Alī al-Qārī, Sharḥ al-Shifā’, i, 657.
Eighth Example
E i g h t h E x a m p l e: Six children, each the object of a different miracle of Muhammad (UWBP):
The First: Ibn Abi Shayba, a meticulous researcher and well-known scholar of Hadith, relates that a woman brought her child to God’s Messenger (UWBP). The child had an affliction; he could not speak and was an idiot. God’s Messenger (UWBP) rinsed his mouth with water and washed his hands, then gave the water to the woman, telling her to give it to the child to drink. After the child had drunk it, nothing remained of his illness and affliction, and he became so intelligent, he surpassed even the brightest of the rest. [^202]
[^202]: Ibn Māja, Ṭibb, 40, no: 3532; Qāḍī Iyāḍ, al-Shifā’, i, 324; ‘Alī al-Qārī, Sharḥ al-Shifā’, i, 654, 657.
The Second: According to an authentic narration, Ibn ‘Abbas said: “An insane child was brought to the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace). He placed his blessed hand on the child’s chest and the child suddenly vomited a small black object like a cucumber. The child was healed and went home.” [^203]
[^203]: Dārimī, Muqaddima, 4; Musnad, i, 254; Qāḍī Iyāḍ, al-Shifā’, i, 324; ‘Alī al-Qārī, Sharḥ al-Shifā’, i, 657; al-Haythamī, Majma‘ al-Zawā’id, ix, 2; Tabrīzī, Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, iii, 188.
The Third: Imam Bayhaqi and Nasa’i relate through an authentic chain of transmission that a child called Muhammad b. al-Hatib had been scalded by a pan of boiling water and his whole arm burnt. God’s Noble Messenger (UWBP) touched the arm, spreading his spittle over it; the same instant it was healed. [^204]
[^204]: Qāḍī Iyāḍ, al-Shifā’, i, 324; ‘Alī al-Qārī, Sharḥ al-Shifā’, i, 657; al-Khafājī, Sharḥ al-Shifā’, iii, 121; al-Haythamī, Majma‘ al-Zawā’id, ix, 415; Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa’l-Nihāya, i, 295; al-Ḥākim, al-Mustadrak, iv, 62-3.